Cambridge Discovery Days – Aug 7 & 14, 2010

The next two Saturdays are Cambridge Discovery Days on August 7, 2010 and August 14, 2010.

Each Saturday there are a variety of tours and talks about Cambridge history offered around Cambridge.

The theme of this year’s Discovery Days is Women’s Voices.

 

Some of the tours and talks include:

On Aug. 7th:

• James Russell Lowell’s Brattle Street – 9:30 am
• Culinary Cambridge: Our City’s Role in Shaping America’s Love of Fine Food – 1 pm
• The Ladies of Tory Row – 3:30 pm
• Margaret Fuller and the Writers of Cambridge – 5:30 pm

On Aug 14th:

• Longfellow Homes on Brattle Street – 9:30 am
• Women: Their Presence, Influence and Use of Fresh Pond – 1 pm
• The Women of Central Square – 2 pm
• William James in Cambridge – 3 pm

There will be tours of Mount Auburn (self guided) and the Longfellow House (admission charged) throughout the day.  From noon to 4 pm you are invited to bring old photos of Cambridge and Cantabridgians to be scanned at the Cambridge Historical Society – and get a free ice cream for doing so!

Most events are free of charge.  A few require advance registration.  The city of Cambridge website has the full details and a calendar of Cambridge Discovery Days events.

Cambridge Discovery Days 2010 – Women’s Voices – will take place on two Saturdays, August 7 and August 14, 2010.

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